Tēnā koe Alan Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-000716 Thank you for your email of 19 June 2019 about information on asbestos related claims. I apologise for the delay in responding to you. You request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):

1. Please provide information about the number of ACC claims received for Asbestos inhalation and the number of known deaths of those applicants during the past five years.

• A financial year is 1 July to 30 June • The data provided is from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2019 • Accredited employer claims have been excluded • This data extract includes both primary and secondary injuries as claims can have multiple
injuries
• ACC is not able to provide comprehensive fatality statistics, as ACC data is collected on the basis
of claims made. Our data may not represent the total number of fatalities related to accidents for the following reasons:
o Many people are not aware that they can make a claim related to an accidental death of
family member and therefore ACC only ever receives claims for a subset of accidental deaths.
o If a person who has an open claim with ACC dies of their injuries, or other causes, ACC is
not necessarily notified of this.
• Data were extracted on the 22 July 2019 and may differ if a re-run at a later date

We are happy to answer your questions If you have any questions, you can email me at [email address]